The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-03
THEM WIMMEN."
What They Gould Do When Thew
We're Tried.

"olo IFl6Q.
'.Deary me, Ann" murmured ,
fisher wife, as she turned one corner
OF the net she was mending out on tn,
sunny sands one morning, "thet sma
cot up yonder on Their cliff hez at last
been let again to couple O. them fine
women wot come out here putty nigh
ev'ry summer ter get tanned an smell
Their salt air. Alack! if they knew O.
ther graves away down below, an
tibet Their waves they make SIGH talk
about hev washed many dead face
ere they touch there shorer'
AYE, aye!" crooned sn,,,.,
woman, wrinkled and brown Nom .
long life on the sands, It's o sorrv
day when the boats 60 out at dawnin,
VIII l, al sans SCI that never come back
ter ther oeH.snl Ell them idle women
knowned wot ther waves could tellr
AN wot'll we do" chimed in A.
younger woman, holding aloft the
long, shining needle in one hand.
and turning with the other the black
ened sail on her lap, "wot'll we do
WI them fine wimmin botherin' bout
US day in an day out, gossippin'
bout Their weather an Their boats an,
our Dizness, ez eff ives he'd nothin' bet.
Ter ter do n ter tell 'em me bby. et'I
DC ialr day, an mebby etll be foul
an ther boats out over Their water
olong ter our men, till ones hearts
like ter break wi thar senseless chat
ter O. wot they kyant understap,
nom never havin' ter bear It allv'
AN ten ter one" joined in an |
O'ner woman just beyond the excited |
group they'll hev COINS on like all
.aer others, a settin' on Their rocks WI
orellas over Their heads ez thouob
mer sun might Spite 'em, a-whisper-
IN bout love an summer forever
"hen they know no more bout life an
VIVA" y love hez ter bear than babies in
nar cradles! An it be les like 'em
Ter take Their boats, oz those uns did
las summer, an swamp EN- on the
rocks TO, an larf ct us fer Their loss!
what do item wimmin know 'bout
Slch lives ez oursp" II
Vs. Noshln'," was the crisp reply of
!oIng, black-eyed woman, who mend
cd her net with deft fingers, roughen- s
ell and brown. "They jes couldn't
guess ct our lives. Mary Ann-how ,
:, they know? An we know no more
bout EN-. Spose we wait n see fore l
we ledge 'em! Thar's my jimmie pad t
llln oil outen her depth agen! Pm Il
Kept IN continual worry bout tibet t
.hho! She's got no more fear in her h
'han hez her fevther, n Their seas
Secon mither ter herr' Q
+, Jane quick wi speakin', but her t,
neart is soft in spite O it, an she hez h
nightly sof' spot, special fer Jem an, IL
''hnie' murmured Mary Ann, taking I;
nn l'eSn Knot in the sleek rope of the
knowing nothing of this that had 81
p"sSeu !. ABOUT them, nor of the distrust W
sah dislike felt toward them by the 10
usner people along the sands, the two
.ooE nv "imnen'" orphaned sisters, ne
L IUOh up their abode at the tiny rose ra
, ,,;@ cottage high on the tn
.n.' ,ui! In the face of the ocean, and dc
'0 r" linen .aelr quiet way, seeking the rest as
imo @. ;. they had come, lying some tn
n lnvs iof hours together upon the cliffs tn
nn 1le sun shone warmest, watch sw
* IN half-awed silence the wonder. he
,na ', !. OF the sea restlessly surginp to
'la FRO beneath them. " TIL
~. Arfter all, them n'tsech sil]v Greet no
,as % some of 'em that comes bvarn COZ
au? Patience Blake one "t
~, pausing with her needle in the fro
,sf, =, siance up the sands to the sunny VIII
,,in @here the two quiet figures were of
em -. = AN Nancy hyar seen one Of chi
Iar : pa' Jimmie on Their head t'other fro
y, the
am H,s " Joined in the eager mother.
i, ,as Iae speaked ter that Chit, too. an JAG
:" 90. sa ner bonnie lassr' wiz
,nsh a snes Won your heart, Janer' wo1
i ins nss' one of the women, a tender j.
r.. under the rough voice"
carts Of Su eb. aay-one fatal day-tbe
.om @ ol the women were tried. The i.
mon en a among theroses and the women
ere s s .ne fsh nets proved that each W way .
ether. ''A nearts TO suffer to- on
ron s simss jimmie Blake had strayed no :.
Yes % sign slsht of her mothers watcbfn1 !.
ort l around ~hi11 the cliffs up toward the :,
red on mn HE, the tide was low, until :.
,e T no out with the tramp and the heat
s, hvst he'd beside shady rock. and VIVA "a
ms sa aer flushed face on her dimnlad ~ -
There rVa asa. off into dreamland. p wan u
", Th we're clouds in the weston, d.
lucy had hung there threaten. ~ ~